Leadership

Nominations are set to close for the 2022 New Zealand Women in Governance awards, which recognise and celebrate…

The retirement of three of Federated Farmers’ seven national board members at next month’s annual meeting will leave…

Barry Quayle will chair the Waikato Regional Council after a majority of councillors backed the removal of Russ Rimmington from the top spot.

The Meat the Need national charity is celebrating two years in business with key partner Silver Fern Farms joining the party.

Brent Kleiss has long had a leaning for a leadership role, with his appointment to the helm of New Zealand Pork bringing new young blood to the industry body.

Wairarapa-based Phil Holden has taken over as general manager of the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) from Kirsty Fyfe.

The United Nations secretary general António Guterres has asked New Zealand’s Dr Rod Carr to join an elite world group to look into climate change issues.

Brent Kleiss has been appointed chief executive of NZPork, the statutory industry body working to support New Zealand’s commercial pig farmers.

FMG will hold its 117th annual meeting and member director elections in Napier on August 26.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has appointed three new faces to the Government’s independent Investment Advisory Panel (IAP) for Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFF Futures).

MEAT Business Women NZ (MBW) has appointed two young and upcoming co-chairs Julia Gardner, marketing manager for Beef + Lamb NZ, and communications adviser Abigail Delaney, to lead the network into 2022 and beyond.

New Department of Conservation director-general Penny Nelson has strong ties to the primary sector that she hopes to make the best of for the benefit of the country as a whole.

New Zealand’s declining cow population is an opportunity rather than a challenge for LIC, new chief executive David Chin says. It will make the dairy improvement company more relevant to the industry because farmers will need their most productive cows.

Silver Fern Farms chief operating officer Mark Leslie will join Pāmu as its chief executive, board chair Dr Warren Parker announced today.

NZ Pork chief executive David Baines has resigned from the organisation.

LIC has appointed David Chin as its new chief executive.

Farming industry leaders have paid tribute to former Minister of Agriculture and dairy industry leader John Luxton who passed away this week, aged 75.